A recent Supreme Court ruling made wrt higher education. Am sure you would have already been informed yet sharing just in case.
After a recent judgment of the Supreme Court, candidates having got their PhD degrees prior to 2009 have been left with little chance of becoming a lecturer (assistant professor) in any college or university of the country.
The apex court has upheld the UGC regulations which provide for National Eligibility Test (NET) or State-Level Eligibility Test (SLET) or PhD as per UGC guidelines, 2009, as the essential qualification for lectureship.
For further reading:
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/apex-court-allows-netslet-as-eligibility-for-selection-of-lecturers/#comments
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Supreme-Court-ruling-blow-to-aspiring-college-teachers/articleshow/46656115.cms
Thus NET becomes the essential requirement pushing PhD as only an additional qualification.
Congrats NET holders!
